Device for transporting bananas, &amp;c.



No. 69!,526. Patented Jan. 21, I902. R. R. BLANDY.

DEVICE FOR TRANSPORTI-NG BANANAS, 81.0

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PATENT OFFICE.

KENSINGTON, ENGLAND.

DEVICE FOR TRANSPO'RTING BANANAS, 800.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent N 0. 691,526, dated January 21, 1902.

Application filed April 15, 1901.

T0 to whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, RICHARD RIDPATH BLANDY, a subject of the King of Great Britain and Ireland, residing at 46 Cheniston Gar dens, Kensington, in the county of London, England, have invented a certain new and useful Device for Transporting Bananas, &c. of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improved means applicable for use in the transportation, both by land and sea, of bananas, pineapples, and other fresh fruit which, owing to the character of its growth or its fragility, is peculiarly liable to injury in handling or packing or while being transported by land or sea. For the purpose of the present description it is assumed that the invention is applied to the transportation of bananas.

Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings rep resents a couple of laborers in the act of inclosing the freshly-gathered fruit and f urnishing the wrapper with. means whereby the package may be handled or suspended during transit. Fig. 2 is a side view of the package complete. Fig. 3 represents a covered cart furnished with my improved means for transporting fruit applied thereto. Fig. 4 is an enlarged fragmentary View showing the method of suspending and securing the packages during transit, Fig. 5 being a plan view showing the mode of applying the same in a store, ships hold, or road or railway wagon. Figs. 6 and '7 are respectively a front and a side elevation illustrating means for raising and lowering the pole-slung packages from or into a ships hold.

In the transportation of fresh bananas in in the form of a large and somewhat-elongated bunch-I employ a sheet a, preferably of soft woven or felted fabric, the two sides of which are furnished with lanyards b b b or with eyes for the reception of lanyards or tiers. One or more bunches c of bananas having been laid upon the sheet, so as approximately to occupy its length, the sides thereof are folded toward one another, so as to inclose the fruit, and are connected together by means of the lanyards. A pole or bar dis then passed beneath the lanyards, those at the opposite extremities of the package being arranged between collars d d, with which the pole or bar is formed or furnished and whereby the package when suspended from the pole or bar is Serial No. 55,961. (No model.)

secured against longitudinal displacement. The fruit having thus been packed at the farm where it is grown remains in this condition until it reaches its ultimate market. For conveyance from the farm to the port of shipment, thence to the port of arrival, and ultimately t0 the market for distribution the package is exclusively carried suspended from the pole or bar, the cart, railway-wagon, storehouse, or ships hold being provided with supports e 2, adapted for the reception of the poles or bars. The supports 6 e are preferably formed as notched bars, as shown in Fig. 4, the notches e e, in conjunction with the collars d d, effectually securing the package in position. By means of posts or pillars ff the supports 6 6 may be maintained at the desired distance apart, both transversely and longitudinally, as regards the cart, store, or other receptacle. When the package has to be handled manually, it is lifted similarly by the aid of the pole or bar.

For lowering the pole-slung packages into or raising them out of such a place as a ships hold endless chains '9 g, furnished with horizontally-projecting forks or grips g g, arranged in pairs and adapted for the reception of the poles a 61, may be employed, the chains passing over guide-rollers above and below, but whereof only the upper one h is shown. In the drawings, i iare beams arranged across the hatchway k, brackets t" t" on the beams being furnished with bearings for supporting the axle h of the guide-roller h. The means for driving the conveyer have not been shown, as they will be readily understood without a detailed description. I

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

For use in transporting bananas and other fresh fruit, a sheet furnished at its opposite edges with two or more sets of lanyards or tiers, in combination with a pole or bar provided with collars and adapted for being passed beneath the tied lanyards for the purpose of supporting the sheet-borne fruit while in course of transportation.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

-R. R. BLANDY.

Witnesses:

WM. 0. BROWN, PERCY E. MATTOCKS. 

